What Is YaFGen?

YaFGen is an acronym, and stands for Yet Another Fractal Generator. It generates images, based on mathematical formulas. For more information about fractals, refer to wikipedia.It was developed by me, using NetBeans and the Java programming language.

Why Another Fractal Generator?

If you do some research on the web, you will find _lots_ of applications that generate images of fractals. Some are well maintained and have an active community, others are pretty outdated.

So why did I write _another_ one? Well, to put it in simple words, there are two reasons:

I am fascinated by fractals, and as a typical software engineer, I have to implement my own tool! ;-)

I always wanted to publish an open source program. Java is the programming language I know best, so there you are!

I hope you find YaFGen useful. But of course, I cannot 'beat' (and never intended to!) more advanced and sophisticated applications (like XaoS, for instance).

New Features in Version 1.1

New fractal type called “Manowar”

Only one jar-file needed now (before an additional lib-directory was required)